Wednesday, August 22, 2018

The N.A.R.T. #21 Ferrari 250 LM that Won the 1965 24 Heurs du Mans on Display
at the IMS Hall of Fame museum, Circa 2010. (the Tomaso Collection)

As originally, prior to the Tri-colour being waved,
When I thought I was moving... I had ZERO Clue if I'dbeen able to be re-connected to the All
Knowing Internetz' Justin-time' to listen to this year's Race on Radio Le Mans?
Since unfortunately, All my local comca$t Cable TV Service provider can do is jack UP the
price, whilst Failing to provide us more programming, like the Velocity
channel...

Otay, as a Visually Impaired; Err Blind Word
Hack, and unexpectedly deciding to move my Base of Operations after two-plus
Decades; YIKES! Naturally I just couldn't Hunt 'N Peck Fast enough on thee 'Ol
Selectric; Err my Bloody Knucels' kept getting in the way; Ahem Mr. Sheheen!
Uhm, I simply didn't have time to research every Bloody Brand New LMP1
Prototype this year. especially since I know why I've fought so hard to NOT
move the past 20yrs...

thus instead, this is a story of a different
sort, albeit it made me think of Le Mans as I was packing away the last of my
voluminous collection 'O "Prized" 1:18-scale Diecasts.

Ironically I'd managed to insert 33 Diecasts
into the IKEA Bookshelves case purchased an eternity ago. Hmm? Where have I
heard Dat' 33 number before, Eh? Oh Yeah, didn't Dan Brown write about it in Angels and Daemons?
Hya!

In my haste to discard the accompanying
boxes, plastic base and screw they came mounted on, when I was a Diecast
Collecting Neophyte. I'd need to pack them the way the first few I'd purchase
nearly a Quarter of A Century ago made the Trek Northwards, albeit this would
be a 'Wee Bitamyte more difficult since I cannot see the cars anymore...

Having bought Mega' quantities 'O tissue
paper, bubble-wrap and clear packing tape, albeit having long since discarded
Thar accompanying Shoe Box Transportation "Crates." I set out on a
Friday morning to begin re-learning how to wrap diecasts for moving, which
ultimately they really aren't designed for, specifically when loose!

Silly Me! Having set the packing tape on top
of the tissue paper, naturally it clung onto Uhm, Klingon? To the tissue paper
which resulted in a large swatch of the first sheet being torn off 'N thrown
away; Oh Crap!

then cutting the first swatch 'O bubble wrap,
and knowing I was cutting the wrong direction; Me Thinks it's called cutting
across the grain? I snipped the inside of my middle finger and felt blood
instantly beginning to ooze onto my finger! so it was off to the bathroom to retrieve
a band-aid; Sigh!

Although several years ago, I cleverly
cataloged each of the 33-cars exact location on the six corresponding shelves,
but Nah, I don't need to review it, as I know exactly where the Exoto's are,
which were the only boxes I kept for repacking 'em.

As I decided I'd go for the easy pickings
instead cutting with scissors. And put away the Le Mans cars that I had thar
individual boxes for.

Thus after opening the plain white slip
cover, taking out the second inner box. then pulling out the Styrofoam packing
case and removing the side holding clips, I attempted to put the first car back
into its box.

Hmm? That's Stir-range? Doesn't fit that
direction, so must have it backwards? Nope it still won't go into its box
easily, as the Styrofoam started making that noise when you twist a coffee cup.
So I instantly stopped! Put said Diecast back and gave up on the most precious
of thou collection, and decided to start on the top row, or Row-1 instead.

For humour after taking a break the next day,
I discovered I'd been off one shelve during my count, I finally reviewed my
catalog records to discover I'd been trying to stuff a Ferrari F40 racecar into
a 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe box instead; CRIKEYS!

And although I'm fairly certain that my
yellow Totip F-40 racing car didn't run at Circuit de la Sarthe, I know those
Uber Bad Arse Prancing Horses galloped down the Mulsanne Straight.